Adjustable shade-support



(No Model.)

J. N. REINHARD. ADJUSTABLE SHADE SUPPORT.

No. 602,104. .PatentedApL 12, 189.8.

UNITED STATES IPATENT CF1-Ion n JOHN NIOHOLOUS REINHARD, OF-ST. LOUIS,'MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-su PPo RT.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 602,104, dated. April 12, 1898.

Application filed June 12, 1897. Serial No. 640,452. (No model.)

To a/ZZ' whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NIoHoLoUs REIN- HARD,-a citizen of the United States, residing.

at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adj ustablev Shade-Supports; `and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to vWhich it appertains to make and use the saine, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of vdevices in Whicha shade is supported for adjustment in-its entirety relative to the top of a Window and adjusted as to the amount'of its exposed length, and has for its object the provision of improved means for supporting the shade and the roller thereof.

This invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements hereinafter set forth,pointed out in my claims,

and illustrated by the accompanying draw- A Figure 1 is a front elevation of a Window, sh owing my device applied thereto as required for practical use. Fig. 2 is an elevation,partly in section, illustrating my device detached from a curtain. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of my device, taken at the right end of Fig. 2

and having a curtain attached to the roller.

tion of smaller diameter than the section 10,. also having its opening at'the bottom and the margins of the opening inclosed by the in'- turned edges 0f the arched portion of 10.

The portions 10 11 of the device are of approximately the same length, and the one telescopes Within the other. End bars 12 13 are mounted on and fixed 'to and transversely of the opposite end portions of the arched portions or sections 10 l1 and are axially apertured, the bar 12 having a circular aperture to receivea pivot 14 of a roller 15 Ofcommon form, the bar 13 having an angular aperture 16 to receive an angular pivot 17 of a roller of common form. A strap 18is mounted on `the periphery of the member 10 of the device and has its end portions folded around the margins of the said member 10, thereby -slidingly mounting the strap l8von the device.

An eye or staple 19 is fixed to and projects radially from the central portion of the strap 18, to Which eye one end of a cord 2O is attached. The bight Iof, the cord 20 is rove through a pulley 21, fixedl to a Window-frame, and the opposite end of said cord is removably and replaceably attached to a stud 22 on the lower portion of the Window-frame. A curtain 23 is attached in a common manner to the roller 15 and depends from the arched portions of the supporting device, and its lower end may be manually positioned relative to the roller in a common manner.

In practical use the device maybe supported bers of the device telescoped` to the desired length toy receive and retain the curtain-roller, the strap 18 being moved longitudinally of the device. until the eye 19 is exactly in the center thereof, thereby balancing thedevice on the cord'20." v

I claim as my invention- 1. A curtain-support comprising a member 10 arched and having its opening in the bottom thereof, a member 11 arched and telescoping Within the member 10, inturned flanges or hooks on the margins 10 engaging the margins of the members 11 and retaining the samev in lsliding engagement, cross-.bars 12, 13, on the members 10, 11, which cross-bars are apertured to receive the pivots of a curtainroller,a strap 18 slidingly mounted on the member 10, an eye 19 on said strap, a cord 2O by the cord 2O and-A pulley 21 and" the-:mem-

secured at one end to the eye 19, a pulleyl2l suitably supported and receiving the bight of the cord'20 and a stud to which the free end of the cord 20 is attached removably and replaceably.

.t 2. An adjustable shade-support comprising arched metallic sections overlapping and telescoping upon each other, roller-supports insection, a cross-bar in the opposite end of the latter section, a strap movably mounted on the said section and an eye on said strap as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN NICHOLOUS REINHARD.

- Witnesses:

ANNA SCHOEPF, R. S. OBRIEN. 

